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(No Model.) J. O. MILLIGAN.

PORTABLE TOILET STAND. Np. 270,459. Patented Jan. 9,1888

WITNESSES IN VEJVTOR By 7668 flttorneJ/a' V h UNTTED STATES LATENT Trice.

JOHN G. MILLIGAN, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO THE LALANCE & GROSJEAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PORTABLE TOILET-=ST'AND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,459, dated January 9, 1883,

Application filed June 30, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. MILLIGAN, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county or Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Toilet-Stands, of which the following is a specification. The object of my invention is to provide a portable toilet-stand which is constructed in to such a manner as to support the several articles ot' furniture useful in connection therewith in convenient positions, while at the same time it will be of great strength, but of comparatively small bulk and weight.

1 5 Myinvention consists in an improvedorganization and arrangement of parts in a toiletstand, hereinafter more particularly described, and claimed at the end of this specification.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure l is a plan view of the frame or stand with the wator-tank and other articles removed. Fig.2 is a side elevation, showing the several articles in position, a portion of the frame of the stand being broken away to better show its construction.

Referring to the drawings, A represents an annular metallic ring for holding a wash-bowl. the rim or flange of which rests upon the said ring.

B and O are two annular tl inged shelves for supporting any desired toilet utensils, as represented at b and c.

The supports A, B, and C are themselves supported by means of three vertical metallic legs, D, D, and D the two latter being riveted directly to the supports A, B, and O, to which the leg D is united by means of the connecting-braces a, Z), and 0, respectively. The two braces b and c serve merely to unite the cor- 0 responding supporting-shelves, B and O, with the leg D, and to hold it in the proper position to give the necessary mechanical stability to the entire stand and prevent it from being easily overturned. The upper brace, a, serves the additional purpose of receiving and supporting a water-tank, E. It is united, like the braces b and c, with the adjoining support and the leg D by rivets orother suitable means; but for the purpose of att'ording the additional strength required to support the weight of the tank when filled with water a suitable metallic clock, 6, is placed between the brace a and support A, and fitted to the surface of each.v

The water-tank E is provided with a suitable faucet, e, which, when the tank is in position, projects over the edge of the wash-bowl a, as shown in Fig. 2. The wash-bowl a is provided at its bottom with an outlet at a and a removable plug of the usual construction. Thus, it" a slop-jar be placed upon the shelf B the wa- 6o ter from the bowl will flow directly into thejar upon removing the plug from the outlet-pas sage a r Upon either side of the upper portion of the stand is secured a small annular brackehff, united to the supportingringA and the brace or tank-support a, thus both giving additional strength to the latter and serving to hold small toilet articles, such as a soap-dish and tumbler. An arm, g, extends from one of these rings f to the side of the ring A, separated a short distance therefrom and serving as a towel-rack.

Near each end of the tank-support a is secured a clip, h Ii, forming, in connection with the support a, two openings, h It, into which tit the two legs of a frame, H, for supporting a mirror, H, above the water-tank. These legs are preferably removable, and are preferably provided with a strengthening-bar,1L extending from one leg, W, to the other, (which does not appear in thedrawings, beingdirectly behind the leg hfi) and preferably extending outward in a projecting curve to prevent the stand from being moved against the wall.

I claim as my invention v In a. toilet-stand, the combination, substantially as hereinbetore set forth, of the annular wash-bowl support, thewater-tank support soouredthereto,thesupportinglegs, twoot'which are secured to said wash-bowl support and the remaining one to the outer portion of the water-tank support, the supports for toilet utensils, secured directly totwo of said legs, and the braces for securing the last-named supports to the leg attached to the water-tank snp- 5 port.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 28th day ot'June, A. D.

JOHN G. MlLLIGAN.

Witnesses:

D. W. EDGEOOMB, James UOOHRAN. 

